Bedstead.



J. L. McKELLAR.

BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1916.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

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JUDSON L. MOKELLAR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GASAU-lI-IOMPSONCOMPANY, INC., F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented cc. 5, 1916.

Application filed February 2, 1916. Serial No. 75,67 1.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J UDSON L. MOKELLAR, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

The invention pertains more particularly to the character of bedscommonly called divans and comprises, with the other features of a bedof this character, novel means for securing the corner legs, myinvention providing means for very conveniently and firmly securing thecorner legs either in their vertical operative position or in positionfolded under the bed.

It is desirable to economize space both in shipping and storing the bedsby having the legs of the beds folded inwardly under the spring, andseveral means for attaining this general result are well known.

My invention provides novel means capable of convenient use for lockingthe legs in either of their two positions and these means are of extremedurability and they are also convenient to manufacture and assemble andadd little to the cost of the bed.

The bed as a whole comprises tubular side rails, malleable iron armsturning inwardly and downwardly and secured at their lower ends upon theends of said side rails, angle iron bars secured to and connecting saidarms at the head and foot of the bed and receiving the end portions ofthe mattress supporting spring and leg mechanism, each comprising atubular body portion, a T-coupling to which the leg is riveted and whichis rotatable and slidable on the side rail of the bed, a segmental platecast with said coupling and normally extending upwardly and inwardly andhaving a segmental slot and a socket at each end thereof and a hub castwith the corner arm of the bed and providing a screw entered within theslot ofand folded-in positions, and the said invention will be fullyunderstood from the detailed description hereinafter presented,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a divan embodying my invention, thesupporting legs being shown in their vertical operative position; Fig. 2is an end view of the same; Fig. 3 is a view corresponding with Fig. 2but illustrating the legs as having been folded inwardly under the mainbody of the divan; Fig. 4L is a sectional view, on a larger scale,through a portion of the divan taken on the dotted line 4-4: of Fig. 1,the supporting leg in this view being shown as locked in its verticaloperative position; Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly broken away, ofthat portion of the divan shown in Fig. 4 in transverse section; Fig. 6is a view, partly broken away and on a larger scale and partly insection, of that portion of the bed illustrated in Fig. 5, Fig. 6showing the nut as having been loosened and the segment connected withthe leg as having been slid from the hub on the corner castingpreparatory to the turning of the leg under the bed, and Fig. 7 is asectional view, through a portion of the bed, taken on the dotted line77 of Fig. 6, the screw being omitted.

In the drawings, 10 designates the tubular side rails of the divan, 12the cast corner arms. secured on the ends of said side rails, 13 anglebars secured to and connecting said corner arms and supporting the usualmattress-supporting spring or fabric, and 14 the supporting legs whichwill be of tubular formation and secured at their upper ends within thevertical members 15 of couplings 16 having horizontal tubular members 17strung upon the side rails 10 and capable of rotary and also slidingmovement thereon. The coupling members 16 will preferably be malleablecastings and the members 15, 17 thereof form what is in effect aT-coupling, and upon the member 17 of each coupling 16 is cast asegmental plate 18 having a segmental slot 19 and normally extendingupwardly and inwardly from the said member 17. The plates 18 at the endsof the slots 19 are formed with recesses 20 which afford inwardlybeveled Walls forming seats for the outer tapered ends 21 of hubs 22which are cast with the corner arms 12 and have "locked in their foldedposition;

at their outer tapered ends 21 horizontal screws 23 each extendingthrough the slot.

19 of a coupling member 16. Upon the outer ends of the screws 23 areprovided thumb nuts 24. Each corner arm 12 is equipped; with one of thehubs 22 and screws 23 each leg 14 is equipped with one of the cou-..pling members 16 having the plate 18. When the legs 14 are to be held inoperative position, referring to Fig. 6 for convenience or explanation,the coupling 16 carrying the leg and plate 18 will be slid outwardly onthe rail lOuntil the tapered recess at the upper 'end of the slot 19-passes upon the tapered end of the hub 22 and thereupon the nut 24 willbe tightened on the screw and against the plate 18 so as to secure thecoupling member in position with the end of said hub and the taperedwalls of said recess in interlocking relation. It will be evident thatwhen the end of' the hub 22' is within theupper recess of the plate 118and the nut 24 screwed home against theplate 18, the leg will bevsecurely held in vertical position, then being incapable of turning onthe rail 1Q" or of slidingon said; rail. When it is desired to. fold thelegs under the divan, the nuts 24 will be loosened and the couplingmembers 1 6 will be slid inwardly from the corner arms 12 or to aboutthe position shown in Fig. 6, thereby freeing the upper recesses 20 fromthe projecting ends of the hubs 22, thereupon the legs may befoldedunder the divan or tothe position illustrated in Fig, 3, the slot 19ofeach plate 18 riding on the. screw 23 and serving at its end: as astop, in connection with the screw, for arresting the leg when reachingits proper folded position, As eachleg 14 is folded under the divan, thecoupling 16 thereof will be slid outwardly toward the adjacent orn arm12. tha he ce s. 20 a h end ofthe slot 19 may pass upon the tapered'endfof the hub 22 and when this has been .done the nut 24 of each legwill again be tightened so as to secure the plate and hub ininterlocking relation, the legs thus being of the slots 19 of each plate18 serve as stops to arrest the leg in its two extreme positions and inposition to have one or the other recess 20 moved directly upon the hub22; preparatory to the tightening 'of the My invention is applicable toseveral known characters. of couch beds, of which the divan shown in thedrawings is an exmpl lVhatI' claim as my invention and desire to secureby Letters-Patent, is

1, In a bed of the character described having side rails,andcorner-armssecured to the ends thereofand. extending upwardlytherefrom, in combination, supporting legs for the bed, T-cou'plingsrotatable on said side The ends,

ing side rails, and cornenarms secured to the ends. thereof and;extending upwardly therefrom, in combination, supporting legs for thebed, T-couplings rotatable on said side rails and having their verticalmembers secured to the upper ends of said legs, plates rigid on thehorizontal members of said couplings and-having segmental slots, hubs onsaid arms having longitudinally extending screws passing through saidslots, and nuts on said screws for binding said plates against saidhubs, said plates at the ends of the slots therein having recesses toreceive and interlock with the outer ends of said hubs on the tighteningof said nuts.

3'. In a bed of the character described having side rails, and,corner-arms secured to the ends thereof andextending upwardly therefrom,in combination, supporting legs for the bed, T-couplings rotatable onsaid side rails and having'their vertical members secured to the upperends of said legs, plates rigid on the horizontal members of said 0011-plings and having segmental slots, hubs on said arms havinglongitudinally extending screws passing through said slots, and nuts onsaid screws for binding said plates against said hubs, said plates atthe ends of the slots therein having inwardly tapered recesses toreceive and interlock with tapered outer ends of said hubs on thetightening of said nuts.

4. In a bed of the character described having side rails, andcorner-arms secured to the ends thereof and extending upwardlytherefrom, in combination, supporting legs for the bed, T-couplingsrotatable on said side rails and having their vertical members securedto the upper ends of said legs, plates rigid on the horizontal membersof said couplings and having segmental slots, hubs on said arms havinglongitudinally extending screws passing through said slots, and nuts onsaid screws for binding said plates against said hubs, each of saidplates at the end of its slot having a recess to receive and interlockwith the outer end of the adj accnt hub on, the tightening of the nuttherefor.

In a bed ofthe character described havingside rails, and corner-armssecured to the ends thereof and extending upwardly therefrom, incombination, supporting legs for the. bed, T coupli'ngs rotatable onsaid side rails and having their vertical members secured totheupperends of said legs, plates rigid on the horizontal members of saidcouplings and having segmental slots, hubs on said arms havinglongitudinally extending screws passing through said slots, and nuts onsaid screws for binding said plates against said hubs, said plates atthe ends of their slots and the outer ends of said hubs being adapted tointerlock with each other on the tightening of the nuts, to resistrotary movement of said couplings and legs.

6. In a bed of the character described having side rails, andcorner-arms secured. to the ends thereof and extending upwardlytherefrom in combination, supporting legs for the bed, T-couplingsrotatable on said side rails and having their vertical members securedto the upper ends of said legs, plates rigid on the horizontal membersof said couplings and having segmental slots, hubs on said arms havinglongitudinally extending screws passing through said slots, and nuts onsaid screws for binding said plates against said hubs, said plates beingof segmental outline and cast with said couplings, and said hubs beingintegral with said corner-arms and extending horizontally therefrom.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 17th day of January, A; D. 1916.

JUDSON L. MOKELLAR.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, CHAs. G. GILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

